Free eBooks from Major Publishers!!!

After all these years of saying free eBooks were anethema
to the Olde Boye Networke of the publishing world. . . .

The publishers are finally realizing that when eBooks are
given away free of charge actually increase paper sales--
not that there weren't any number of academic studies and
articles saying this from the very beginning.

So, if any Project Gutenberg volunteers ever needed kinds
of vindication, it doesn't get much better than this. . .
at least until we find there are more eBook going out for
consumption than paper books. . . .

Again my HUGE thanks to ALL Project Gutenberg volunteers!


Michael S. Hart
Founder
Project Gutenberg


http://slashdot.org/articles/08/02/10/2041235.shtml

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  Tor Books Is Giving Away E-Books

http://slashdot.org/articles/08/02/10/213221.shtml

"Tor Books is launching a new site and running a campaign in which
they are giving away e-books (free as in beer) until the site goes
live. To get in on the deal, fill out the form at their site, and each
week you will receive a newsletter containing links to download a new
book. The first two books are Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson followed
by Old Man's War by John Scalzi. Scalzi's site says: 'My understanding
is that they don't have DRM on them. Or at least, mine isn't supposed
to have, and I don't think they're planning mine to be special in that
regard.'"


///


This only a day or so after HarperCollins appear in the NYTimes
doing the same thing.


http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/11/business/media/11harper.html


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